Abraham, Issac, and Jacob- Genesis 18
God Is On Our Side
Does God "posess" people? Becasue it seems like in the beginning of the story God appears to Abraham through the 3 travelers, but in vs. 22 (see below) it said the men turned away while God stayed with Abraham. Almost like He "left" the men. Obviously this kind of possession would be purely good, but maybe something else is happening here that I'm not catching onto.
I love vs. 20 and 21 (see below). It's like God is desiring more than anything for wickedness not to be found in Sodom and Gomarrah. But we know He knows everything and that He knows esactly what He will find there. It's also interesting that he prolongs his exchange with Abraham about the people there. He could have just said there are X amount of non-wicked people I won't destroy, and left it at that. But instead He used the questions to teach Abraham something.
Genesis 18: 22- The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.
Genesis 18:20 & 21 - Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
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